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In Fort Pierce WJFP -> WQCP Public Radio

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Alex Browne

The noncommercial Black Media urban contemporary/gospel WJFP-91.1 in Fort Pierce, owned by Black Media Works, is no more. The station was purchased by Indian River State College last month and is now part of IRSC's public radio "network," with flagship WQCS-88.9. The station officially changed ownership and call letters Tuesday morning, and is now WQCP. WQCS, which has had a mix primarily of NPR news programming and classical music, will become full-time NPR news and public affairs. WQCP will assume the music portion of the current WQCS schedule, with classical music during the day, but some jazz music as well (the official schedule has not been announced, but jazz and standards are played weekend evenings on WQCS now, and the station manager has said that all current programs will be maintained). A date for the new format switches has not yet been announced; for now, WQCP is simulcasting WQCS-HD3 which features classic hits during the day and jazz overnight.

WJFP has had a repeater, WJCB-88.5 in Clewiston. WQCS has said it intends to run a separate jazz format on the frequency to serve the Lake Okeechobee region with the new call letters WQJS. (I can't receive that station where I live, so I'm unsure what is airing on it right now, until the formal format switch.)
 
Alex Browne said:
The noncommercial Black Media urban contemporary/gospel WJFP-91.1 in Fort Pierce, owned by Black Media Works, is no more. The station was purchased by Indian River State College last month and is now part of IRSC's public radio "network," with flagship WQCS-88.9. The station officially changed ownership and call letters Tuesday morning, and is now WQCP. WQCS, which has had a mix primarily of NPR news programming and classical music, will become full-time NPR news and public affairs. WQCP will assume the music portion of the current WQCS schedule, with classical music during the day, but some jazz music as well (the official schedule has not been announced, but jazz and standards are played weekend evenings on WQCS now, and the station manager has said that all current programs will be maintained). A date for the new format switches has not yet been announced; for now, WQCP is simulcasting WQCS-HD3 which features classic hits during the day and jazz overnight.

WJFP has had a repeater, WJCB-88.5 in Clewiston. WQCS has said it intends to run a separate jazz format on the frequency to serve the Lake Okeechobee region with the new call letters WQJS. (I can't receive that station where I live, so I'm unsure what is airing on it right now, until the formal format switch.)
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Yeah I was gonna say that WQJS will be the new home of Jazz full-time, according to the WQCS story on its website with WQCP being the full-time Classical station and WQCS being the NPR News station full-time.

WQJS would also be on WQCS-HD2, per the report.
 
I was driving down SR27 scanning the dial, & I was listening to "Jazz After Dark" on 91.1FM, which is WQCS-HD3. I made a guest appearance on WJFP 91.1FM years ago.
 
The new WQCP-91.1 and WQCP.org premiered Tuesday morning. It's 24 hour classical music, except Friday nights 8-11 pm (jazz/standards); Saturday mornings 2 am-5 am (1950s); Saturdays/Sundays 6 pm-6 am (jazz/standards/1950s); and Sundays 9 pm-12 mid (jazz/rock). They haven't yet revised the WQCS-88.9 schedule; it still has music programs on it, but that will probably happen shortly since the same music programs (and more) can now be heard on WQCP.
 
Alex Browne said:
The new WQCP-91.1 and WQCP.org premiered Tuesday morning. It's 24 hour classical music, except Friday nights 8-11 pm (jazz/standards); Saturday mornings 2 am-5 am (1950s); Saturdays/Sundays 6 pm-6 am (jazz/standards/1950s); and Sundays 9 pm-12 mid (jazz/rock). They haven't yet revised the WQCS-88.9 schedule; it still has music programs on it, but that will probably happen shortly since the same music programs (and more) can now be heard on WQCP.
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They said that the music programs will continue to air on WQCS for the next two weeks and that it won't be a fully 24/7 NPR News and Talk outlet until mid-October.
 
On air announcements heard Thursday indicate that WQCS will switch to its 24/7 NPR News and Talk format this coming Monday, October 11. Meanwhile, things seem to be running smoothly on the new "classical and more" WQCP: a strong, clean signal for fine music!
 
The trend these days is for Classical stations to give up, either with the non-profit broadcaster selling the station or switching to Adult Album Alternative. In the last couple of years, Miami and Houston lost their Classical stations with the parent organization selling the frequency to a religious broadcaster. It's good to see the Treasure Coast now has an almost full time Classical outlet on an 83,000 watt signal.

But I wonder, who decided to play 50s music on WQCP from 2 to 5 a.m. Saturdays?
 
WQCS's full switchover to NPR news and talk occurred Monday, October 11, at 12:01 a.m. Under its previous hybrid news/music format, the station offered Classical Music Monday mornings beginning at midnight. Today, BBC World Service aired at that time (with an NPR newscast at the top of the hour).
 
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